- κάνναβις
- κάνναβις, -ιος, -εωςGrammatical information: f.Meaning: `hemp, Cannabis sativa' (Hdt., S., Dsc., Gal.).Other forms: Also κάνναβος (Poll. 10, 176).Derivatives: καννάβιον `id.' (Ps.-Dsc., Gp.), κανναβίς, -ίδος f. `dress of hemp', pl. `hemp seeds, which are burnt and used at a steam-bath' (Hdt., Ephipp. Com.); from there κανναβισθῆναι πρὸς την κάνναβιν ἐξιδρῶσαι καὶ πυριασθῆναι H.; κανναβίσκα n. pl. `hemp-shoes' (Herod. 7, 58); καννάβινος `from hemp, hemp-like' (AP ); κανναβάριος member of a professional organisation = stupparius (Ephesos, Gloss.; Wahrmann Glotta 22, 42f.).Origin: LW [a loanword which is (probably) not of Pre-Greek origin] Orient.Etymology: Loan of unknown eastern origin, perhaps Scythian or Thracian (Hdt. 4, 74f.); cf. alo Sumer. kunibu `hemp'. From κάνναβις Lat. cannabis; the word reached the Germans (OE. hoenep, OHG hanaf etc.) before Grimm's law. Cf. Vasmer s. konopljá (1, 615); s. also W.-Hofmann s. cannabis, Pisani Sprache 1, 138. - Fur. 343 connects κόμβος, on insufficient groundsPage in Frisk: 1,779
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.